Long Figure of speech Poems

It is getting to the place where free speech is no longer free in America.                    ...

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Tears fall, soundless memories, silent as dew,
Struggling from the morning’s gentle eyes, clawing
Through the promises, feelings blooming,
Like the blessings of roses, soft petals bathing
In the sun’s clever glare… 

As she erases the silence, the dew,...

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Part 01 - The Earth is Still

SURE and so satisfied to be here together again. Let the gardens carry on its song.
i stand around in the peace that comes from the smell of flowers so...

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And the beanstalk fell and the giant as well
And the giant lay there dead
I swear to you I thought it true
It seems I was misled 

Though the giant bled he raised his head
And said I...

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They anchor their feet in the ground marching to where destiny is bound, hundreds of them marching in line moving out of the frying pan and heading towards the fire. 

 With courage welled in...

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In late Spring when heros scream

A source of sophistication from faint misery
Inside the thwart hidden silence of the pivotal solace of my mind
With mind blowing excursion toward the legally blind inside
Woods in growing habitation &...

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A poetry
is a collection
of words that expresses
author's emotion or idea
sometimes with as specific rhythm or rhyme

Poet uses a figure of speech
that makes a comparison
between two things
that are basically different
but something in common

The metaphor does not...

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Anyone can write poetry;
Only some do it well.
And others fail—initially, at any rate. 
Some idea of its genesis may be of help.

A poem – any piece of literature – is 
The result of a combination...

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“Peach”



What have I done,
To deserve this peach?
The Lord only knows,
How many they’ll reach.


You know the media,
And how they preach.
Abuse of their right,
To Freedom of Speech.


My name is Donald Trump,
And I’m here to say,
Watch how the...

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Readers, please lend me your ears                             ...

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Readers, please lend me your ears                             ...

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Readers, please lend me your ears                             ...

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Readers, please lend me your ears                             ...

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* A Paraprosdokian is a figure of speech
in which the latter part of a sentence or
phrase is a surprise or unexpected.
(I didn’t make these up. I tried to make
them rhyme for your enjoyment.  Sorry
if...

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This poem is dedicated to a special far away friend - Brandden Blackwell.  We became so close before we actually met.  So close, yet so far away - never around, yet always there...

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Meditation Guru Me...

Spiritual tranquility (uber visionary)
     welcoming yuletide zen,
sans relinquishing down 
     lyft ting thoughts
     to state of minimal
mental activity, when
after some
 ...

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They say some girls just can’t be fixed
They say pain can always be felt
They say guys are easier to read than a novel
But who is they…
They is just a figure of speech that has no...

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Been down so long it made me want to get high
I like to calculate my moves, but I always struggled in math
Drinking coffee to wake me because it seems to be the only thing to...

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Being black is not just a figure of speech

Its a noun, adj., & knowing when & when not to turn the other cheek

Many pioneers has lived with the mis representation

While some died fighting to end...

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As I
Soak in hummingbird’s exhale
I feel tragic sonatas
Trying to chain
Trying to crucify
My sedentary grip on instability

I smell the repugnant commoner
Blasting scattered shots
Against yesterday’s decent

I became the handsome error again.

The godfather of uplifting idle minds
Sedated within...

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This is the story of the first Thanksgiving
The way things really took place
You remember, there were a bunch of turkeys
And Pilgrims from the human race

Now the story you've heard all your life
Is not exactly how...

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Horn Challenging Haiku

All that I do need, (5)
Are my poems in front of me;  (7)
Away I will wright.  (5)

What runners do need;
Good blockers in front of them;
Away they will run.

She really does need,
Have...

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I am the vampire, is this thing on?
As I said I'm merely a pawn.
NOW you're recording? I am the vam--oh bother it all!
Must we do this in the bathroom stall?
Wolfman took the girl, anyway.
He's always...

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Silent sturdy nothing ringing through my desolate unforgiving ears
A pin drops, a heart stops, a cry, a scream, still nothing phases my hearing of silence
My mind is so noisy sometimes but makes no difference to...

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LOVE is like a figure of speech
It adds beauty to life
It inspires us to beat strife
It gives colors to sight
It expresses feelings tight.

LOVE is a rainbow 
It has its perfect timing
To beautify your surrounding 
It...

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